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Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Schubert, arr Webern
Six German Dances, D820 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel (excerpts) Christopher Maltman (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
8.00-9.00: Haydn Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34 Shura Cherkassky
Schumann Konzertstuck in F, Op 86 Norbert Hauptmann , Manfred Keller ,
Christoph Kohler and Gerd Seifert (horns), Berlin PO, conductor Klaus Tennstedt
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Contributors

Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Baritone:
Christopher Maltman
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Unknown:
Shura Cherkassky
Unknown:
Schumann Konzertstuck
Unknown:
Norbert Hauptmann
Unknown:
Manfred Keller
Unknown:
Christoph Kohler
Horns:
Gerd Seifert
Conductor:
Klaus Tennstedt

Presented by Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library This week, David Owen Norris compares the available recordings of Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat.
10.15 Bruce Wood joins Andrew McGregor to review the latest reissues from Lyrita, including music by Cyril Scott , Gerald Finzi and John Ireland.
11.00 Jennifer Bate talks about recording Mendelssohn's complete organ works.
11.45 Disc of the Week:
Janacek The Makropulos Case (in English)
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
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Contributors

Presented By:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
David Owen
Unknown:
Bruce Wood
Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Music By:
Cyril Scott
Music By:
Gerald Finzi
Music By:
John Ireland
Talks:
Jennifer Bate
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Emilia Marty:
Cheryl Barker (soprano)
Dr Kolenaty:
Neal Davies (baritone)
Vitek:
John Graham-Hall (tenor)
Kristina:
Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano)
Albert Gregor:
Robert Brubaker (tenor)
Baron Jaroslav Prus:
John Weqner (baritone)
Janek Prus:
Thomas Walker (tenor)
Count Hauk-Sendorf:
Graham Clark (tenor)

Finland Special
Tom Service takes a musical journey through
Finland and discovers the state of Finnish classical music as the country celebrates not only its 90th year of independence but also marks the 50th anniversary of Sibelius's death. Producer Jeremy Evans

Contributors

Producer:
Jeremy Evans

Introduced by Stephanie Hughes.
Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Christian Koch (piano)

Grieg Sechs Lieder, Op 4

Brahms Liebestreu, Op 3 No 1; Anklange, Op 7 No 3; Von ewiger Liebe, Op 43 No 1, Die Mainacht, Op 43 No 2; Dein blaues Auge, Op 59 No 8; Der Gang zum iebchen, Op 48 No 1; Verzagen, Op 72 No 4

Grieg Sechs Lieder, Op 48

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes
Mezzo:
Bernarda Fink
Pianist:
Christian Koch

Julian Joseph celebrates 25 years of Derby
Jazz and previews Derby Jazz Week. He is joined in the studio by two of the week's artists, guitarist Phil Robson and saxophonist Dave O'Higgins. Producer Keith Loxam

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Joseph
Guitarist:
Phil Robson
Unknown:
Dave O'Higgins.
Producer:
Keith Loxam

1/3. The Shape of Jazz Today. A new series that answers some of jazz's most perplexing questions. Each week Jez Nelson introduces a heavyweight jazz thinker and hears their opinions. Tonight British jazz critic Stuart Nicholson explores jazz as a global phenomenon. Producer Robert Abel

Contributors

Introduces:
Jez Nelson
Unknown:
Stuart Nicholson
Producer:
Robert Abel

Faust Margaret Junt wait introduces Gounod's opera about the longing for youth and love, and the desire for salvation.
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, conductor Maurizio Benini
7.30 Prologue and Act 1
6.25 Twenty Minutes: Beyond the Gilded Stage 3/6. Opera in the Age of Verdi and Wagner
Author Daniel Snowman examines how opera and its superstars became big business.
6.45 Act 2
7.55 The Met Opera Quiz
Send questions to Met Opera Quiz, [address removed] or via [Web Address Removed]
8.25 Act 3
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Contributors

Introduces:
Faustmargaret Juntwait
Conductor:
Maurizio Benini
Unknown:
Daniel Snowman
Unknown:
Joan Sutherland
Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge.
Doctor Faust:
Ramon Varqas (tenor)
Mephistopheles:
Lldar Abdrasakov (bass)
Marguerite Ruth:
Ann Swenson (soprano)
Valentin:
Hung Yung (baritone)
Wagner:
Keith Miller (baritone)
Siebel:
Karine Deshayes (soprano)
Marthe:
Jane Bunnell (mezzo)

An all-British concert, presented by Tom Service . Susan Bickley (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Paul Watkins (cello), Lucy Wakef ield (harp), Nash Ensemble , conductor Lionel Friend
Thomas Ades Court Studies (The Tempest) Harrison Birtwistle Crowd for solo harp
David Home Life's Splinters (BBC commission, first performance)
Birtwistle Lied (first UK performance) Simon Holt Four Quarters
David Matthews Terrible Beauty (first performance)

Contributors

Presented By:
Tom Service
Presented By:
Susan Bickley
Tenor:
James Gilchrist
Cello:
Paul Watkins
Cello:
Lucy Wakef
Conductor:
Nash Ensemble
Conductor:
Lionel Friend
Conductor:
Thomas Ades
Unknown:
Harrison Birtwistle Crowd
Unknown:
Simon Holt
Unknown:
David Matthews

Andrew Manze presents music by 16th-century German composer Samuel Scheidt from Musica Fiata , the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Ensemble, organist Helmut Wacha , the London Sackbutt and Cornett Ensemble, and Hesperion XXI.

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Manze
Unknown:
Samuel Scheidt
Unknown:
Musica Fiata
Organist:
Helmut Wacha

With John Shea. Mozart Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216; Concertone in C, K190; Violin Concertos: No 4 in D, K218;
No 5 in A, K219 (final mvt) 229 Beethoven 33 Variations ona Waltz in C by Diabelli, Op 120 3.27 Grieg String Quartet No 2 in G minor, Op 274X51 Bach Fuga Ricercata No 2 (Musical Offering, BWV1079) 4.12 Palestrina Litaniae de Beata Virgine Maria
4.19 Debussy Prelude a l'Après-Midi d'un Faune 4.29 Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat, H XVI 38 4AO Wolf Italian Serenade
4.48 Schumann Drei Fantaisiestucke , Op 73 5.00 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in E minor, RV409 5.12 Jerslld Three Danish Romances 5.24 Ravel A Iborada del Cracioso 5131 Groneman Flute Sonata in G 5.40 Mozart Symphony No 4 in D, K19
5.53 Hummel Piano Quintet in E flat/E flat minor, Op 87
6.13 Handel Nel Dolce Tempo 6.26 Brahms Clarinet
Sonata in E flat, Op 120 No 2 6.47 Maldere Sinfonia in Fa 4

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Bach Fuga Ricercata
Unknown:
Schumann Drei Fantaisiestucke

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